Bolaji:
Great list!
This is what the FGN should have done.
A list of 100 Nigerians--50 dead; 50 still alive in order to
accommodate more contemporary achievers and icons.
While the original list from prepared by the SGF's office paid
sufficient homage to the past it is obvious that it was constrained by the number
of contemporary achievers who could have made the list..
The younger generation will find the list of 100 great Nigerians you have prepared
more relevant than the SGF;s list since it contains many ore personalities
who are still in the news.
No list is can be perfect.
Cyprian Ekwensi should also have been on your list of 100
---but at whose expense?
Bye,
Ola
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September 30, 2010
NigerianMuse.com salutes the following 100 People (50 Dead, 50 Alive) as it commemorates Nigeria's 50th Independence Anniversary (October 1, 2010)
| S/N | Name (state) of the Dead | S/N | Name (state) of those Alive |
| 1 | Sir Herbert Macaulay (Lagos) | 1 | Chief Anthony Enahoro (Edo) |
| 2 | Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe (Anambra) | 2 | General Yakubu Gowon (Plateau) |
| 3 | Alhaji Ahmadu Bello (Sokoto) | 3 | General Olusegun Obasanjo (Ogun) |
| 4 | Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ogun) | 4 | General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Niger) |
| 5 | Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Bauchi) | 5 | Prof. Jacob Ade Ajayi (Ekiti) |
| 6 | Chief Samuel Akintola (Oyo) | 6 | Prof. Ishaya Audu (Kaduna) |
| 7 | Mallam Aminu Kano | 7 | Prof. Iya Abubakar (Adamawa) |
| 8 | Ernest Okoli (Bayelsa) | 8 | Chief Emeka Anyaoku (Anambra) |
| 9 | Jaja Wachukwu (Abia) | 9 | Alhaji Shehu Shagari (Sokoto) |
| 10 | Chief Dennis Osadebay (Delta) | 10 | Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule (Kano) |
| 11 | Maj-Gen J.T.U Aguiyi-Ironsi (Abia) | 11 | Shettima Ali Monguno (Borno) |
| 12 | Prof. Kenneth Dike (Anambra) | 12 | Cardinal Francis Arinze (Anambra) |
| 13 | Joseph Tarka (Benue) | 13 | Prof Wole Soyinka (Ogun) |
| 14 | Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq 111, Sultan of Sokoto (Sokoto) | 14 | Prof. Chinua Achebe (Anambra) |
| 15 | Oba Adesoji Aderemi (Osun) | 15 | Justice Mamman Nasir (Kastina) |
| 16 | Alhaji Abubakar Imam (Kaduna) | 16 | Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Kano) |
| 17 | Alhaji Babatunde Jose (Lagos) | 17 | Chief Mike Adenuga (Ogun) |
| 18 | Justices Adetokunbo Ademola (Ogun) | 18 | Kanu Nwankwo (Abia) |
| 19 | Justice Egbert Udo Udoma (Akwa-Ibom) | 19 | Chioma Ajunwa (Imo) |
| 20 | Prof. Teslim Elias (Lagos) | 20 | Daniel Igali (Bayelsa) |
| 21 | Chief Rotimi Alade Williams (Lagos) | 21 | Ebenezer Obey (Osun) |
| 22 | Alhaji Alhassan Dantata (Kano) | 22 | Sunny Ade (Ondo) |
| 23 | Richard Ihetu aka Dick Tiger (Imo) | 23 | Prof. Bart Nnaji (Enugu) |
| 24 | Michael Akinwunmi (Ogun) | 24 | Prof. Sam Aluko (Ekiti) |
| 25 | Mrs Funmilayo Ransome Kuti (Ogun) | 25 | Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Katsina) |
| 26 | Mrs Margaret Ekpo (Cross River) | 26 | Mr. Femi Falana (Ekiti) |
| 27 | Hajia Gambo Sawaba (Kaduna) | 27 | Prof. Niyi Osundare (Ekiti) |
| 28 | Hajiya Ladi Kwali (Abuja) | 28 | Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe (Osun) |
| 29 | Dr. Francis Akanu Ibiam (Ebonyi) | 29 | Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu (Anambra) |
| 30 | Prof. Eyo Ita (Akwa Ibom) | 30 | Chief Alex Ekwueme (Anambra) |
| 31 | Dr. Alvan Ikoku (Anambra) | 31 | Balarabe Musa (Kaduna) |
| 32 | Prof. Hezekiah Oluwasanmi (Osun) | 32 | Mr. Vincent Ola (Ondo) |
| 33 | Mr. Kunle Adepeju (Osun) | 33 | Prof. Jubril Aminu (Adamawa) |
| 34 | Prof. Ayo Awojobi (Ogun) | 34 | Sen. Ken Nnamani (Enugu) |
| 35 | Sir Louis Mbanefo (Anambra) | 35 | Mrs Sarah Jibril (Niger) |
| 36 | Dr. Tai Solarin (Ogun) | 36 | Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia (Edo) |
| 37 | Chief Herbert Ogunde (Ogun) | 37 | Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Abia) |
| 38 | Thunder Balogun (Ogun) | 38 | Gov. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) |
| 39 | Gen. Murtala Mohammed (Kano) | 39 | Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) |
| 40 | Major Adekunle Fajuyi (Ondo) | 40 | Chief Bisi Akande (Osun) |
| 41 | Ola Rotimi (Delta) | 41 | Prof. Sola Adeyeye (Osun) |
| 42 | Justice Daddy Onyeama (Abia) | 42 | Justice Muhammadu Uwais |
| 43 | Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu (Anambra) | 43 | Obafemi Martins (Lagos) |
| 44 | Michael Imoudu (Edo) | 44 | Sir Victor Uwaifo (Edo) |
| 45 | Chief MKO Abiola (Ogun) | 45 | Mrs. Cecilia Ibru (Delta) |
| 46 | Ken Saro-Wiwa (Bayelsa) | 46 | Gen. Benjamin Adekunle (Oyo) |
| 47 | Prof. Koye Ransome-Kuti (Ogun) | 47 | Prof. Attahiru Jega (Kebbi) |
| 48 | Fela Ransome-Kuti (Ogun) | 48 | Prof. Pat Utomi (Delta) |
| 49 | Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti (Ogun) | 49 | Mr. Ledum Mitee (Rivers) |
| 50 | Gani Fawehinmi (Ondo) | 50 | Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Adamawa) |
Compiled by
Bolaji Aluko
Nigerianmuse.com
Note: 48 out of the 50 names by the Federal Goverment of Nigeria were retained, and redistributed between the Dead (28) and the Living (20).
Kindly point out any errors. Thank you.
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